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US5245229A US07/843,045 US84304592A US5245229A US 5245229 A US5245229 A US 5245229A US 84304592 A US84304592 A US 84304592A US 5245229 A US5245229 A US 5245229A
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  • This invention relates to integrated circuits and more particularly to anti-clipping mixer circuits.
  • Mixer circuits are well known for combining a plurality of input signals such as audio signals and providing an output signal indicative of the combination of input signals.
  • the plurality of input signals are provided through separate resistive paths to the input of an operational amplifier.
  • the operational amplifier is provided with a resistive feedback path having an adjustable resistance to adjust the overall gain of the mixer circuit.
  • the operational amplifier can be chosen such that the combined input signals do not exceed a maximum-rated voltage level of the operational amplifier.
  • the variable feedback resistance can be adjusted to reduce the overall output voltage of the combined signals.
  • an anti-clipping mixer circuit is provided within an integrated circuit.
  • the mixer circuit allows for the independent level control of each input signal, thereby allowing the optimization of the signal-to-noise ratio.
  • a master level control is provided to limit the overall combined output signal to a level below the operational amplifier's maximum voltage level.
  • a control circuit may be used to automatically adjust the input signal levels as well as the combined output signal level.
  • a mixer circuit fabricated on an integrated circuit comprises an operational amplifier having first and second input lines and an output line, and a master level control including a variable resistive element connected between the first input line and the output line of the operational amplifier.
  • the mixer circuit further comprises a plurality of variable input resistive elements, each connected to the operational amplifier and to a separate input terminal, each of the plurality of variable input resistive elements for receiving one of a plurality of input signals to be mixed.
  • a control circuit may further be provided for controlling the resistance of the master level control and the resistances of the variable input resistive elements.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a mixer circuit fabricated on an integrated circuit in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a mixer circuit in accordance with the present invention that includes digitally controlled resistive elements.
  • FIG. 1 a schematic diagram is shown of a mixer circuit according to the present invention.
  • the mixer circuit is fabricated on an integrated circuit chip and includes an operational amplifier 10 and an adjustable master level control 12.
  • the master level control 12 is connected between the inverting input line and the output line of operational amplifier 10.
  • a plurality of variable input resistive elements 14-1 through 14-i are connected between the inverting input line of operational amplifier 10 and input terminals labelled In(1) through In(i), respectively.
  • the circuit of FIG. 1 mixes a plurality input signals received at input terminal In(1)-In(i) and provides a combined output signal at the OUT terminal.
  • the master level control 12 is provided to adjust the voltage level of the combined output signal such that the maximum voltage level of the operational amplifier 10 is not exceeded. It is noted that since the mixer circuit is fabricated on a digital integrated circuit, the maximum (absolute value) voltage level of operational amplifier 10 is approximately 5 volts.
  • Each input signal is individually adjustable by input resistive elements 14-1 through 14-i such that the signal strength of each input signal can be maximized before mixing.
  • each input signal can be adjusted to thereby maximize the signal-to-noise ratio of the combined output signal.
  • the master level control 12 and the input resistive elements 14-1 through 14-i are each implemented as digitally controlled resistors. As shown in FIG. 2, each of the digitally controlled resistors includes a plurality of pass transistors PT-1 through PT-n and a plurality of fixed resistive elements R-1 through R-n. The overall resistance of each digitally controlled resistor is determined by the particular pass transistor PT-1 through PT-n that is turned on.
  • the resistance value of the master level control 12 and the resistance values of the input resistive elements 14-1 through 14-i may be manually adjustable.
  • a control 16 may be provided to automatically adjust the resistance of the master level control 12 and/or the resistance of any one or more of the input resistive relatives 14-1 through 14-i.
  • the control 16 monitors the combined output signal at the OUT terminal and adjusts the resistance of the master level control 12 and the resistance of each of the input resistive elements 14-1 through 14-i such that the signal-to-noise ratio is maximized.
  • the entire mixer circuitry can be fabricated on a single digital integrated circuit. Clipping of the combined output signal can be prevented while maintaining a relatively high signal-to-noise ratio.
  • variable resistive elements could be implemented using switching capacitors. It is to be understood that the above detailed description of the preferred embodiment is intended to be merely illustrative of the spirit and scope of the invention and should not be taken in a limiting sense. The scope of the claimed invention is better defined with reference to the following claims.

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